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S. H. RI-IOADES. Apparatus for Storing and Disharging Liquids.

No. 203,194. Patented April 30,1878.

- V WITN SSES I INVENTOR a 1%, T ORNEYS -PETiJis, M10104 ITHOGRAPMER WASHINGTON D (I UNITED: SrA'rEs PATENT SllilllEIEN- BHO'ADEIS, OF PITTSTON', PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DISCHARGI'NGzlJlQUIDSff Specificationforrning part of Letters Patent No. 2033194,dated April 30, 1878.,- application'filed April 24, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN HOWARD RHOADES,0fPi'D13StOn,iI1 the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful: Improvements in Apparatus for Storing and Disoharging Liquids; and l dohereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it; reference being" had to the accompanying: drawings, which form part of this specifica tion. 7

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for: storing and discharging oils and other fluids.

In discharging fluidsfrom an ordinary can or bottle bypouring from the nozzle of the receptacle, the fluidisliable to drip from the nozzle-0f such storing-can or other vessel ontothe sides of the same, andalso ontothe shelving, thereby rendering the handling of oils and many other fluids a disagreeable duty, as the hands become soiled, and-also the shelvingssoon becomes filthy from the drips running down thesides' of' such storing-vessel.

Again, when a thicli fluid is discharged into a small bottle, the neckof the bottle oftenbecomes clogged; and thus causes the liquid to gverlflow and stream down thesides of the ott e.

The object of my inventionis to providean opening formed in the cover of said vessel.

inventionfurther consists in the several details of construction and: combinations of partsyas will more fully appear from the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, in perspective,.with a portionof the can broken away to show the piston, located therein, in position for. discharging the oil.

Fig. 2 is asimilar:view,vshowing the position of the parts as the pistonis being raised within the can or vessel. p

A represents, the body of a can-,which may be of any desired size, and constructed of any desired material; 'B is] the cover, and. the same is adapted-to be. removed to allow of the insertion-of the piston 0 within the body of the can. Cover B has aaportion, a, thereof hinged at b to'themain portion 0 of the cover,

whereby the can maybe readily'filledwithout removing; the entire cover, by simply raisin g Cover B- is perforated at 12 the hinged lid a: for the passageof the-piston-rod D, to, the lower end of which is rigidl'ysecured the piston C. The upper: end of piston rodiD is: provided with abifurcated bearing, E, the .earsd.

d of which are constructed with. elongated transverse bearings e, within which are placed the ends of thejournal e of theoperating-lever F.

To the side of thebody of the can A is securedin any desired manner a vertical standard, G, the upper endof, which is. provided with any number of= recesses,:f, within which engages the shortend f of lever F.

A discharge-pipe, H, connects: at its lower end with the lower portion of the body of the can A, while its upperend extends a sufficient distance above the cover B to allow of the insertionof :a bottle or smaller can beneath the downwardly turnedend-h of the dischargepipe. PipeH has its discharging endfh located in line with adrip opening 1, formed in the the storing-vessel and in line witha drip cover 13,170 allow any drippings to fallinto said opening and run back into thestoringcan A. I

Piston 0 may be constructed of metal. or

wood, andis preferablypro-vided with packin g i, that it may work snugly within=the body of the can.- v

In order thatthe liquid that escapes past the piston as the latter is forced downwardly may run=back into the can below the piston as thelatter. is raised, and also to enable the can to be filled withoutwremoving the piston therefrom, an upwardly-closing checkvalve,

J, is attached to the lower face of the piston O. When the .piston'xis .forc'ed against the liquid in the can the resistance of the liquid operates to close the valve J, and thus prevent any considerable quantity of the contained liquid from escaping upwardly past the piston, whileall the liquid flowing past the packing of the piston or valve will return beneath the piston when the latter is raised, as the checkwalve then falls by its own gravity.

The can may be furnished with a handle, K,

and also with strips L, for securing any suitable label, M, to the can to denote the character of its contents. 4

The operation of my improved apparatus is as follows: The hinged lid a is upturned, and the can filled with any liquid desired. The fluid will run through the opening in the piston as the check-valve J is open when the piston is not'operated. When it is desired to discharge aportion of the contents of the storing-can A into a smallerfvessel, as a bottle or can, the mouth or nozzle of, such vessel is placed beneath the discharging end of pipe H, and a downward pressure applied to the long arm of lever F. This operation serves to depressthe piston, and cause the fluid to ascend and be discharged from pipe H.

A sufficient quantity of liquid having been discharged into the receiving-vessel, power is removed from the lever,.causing a stoppage of the flow; when thevessel is removed from beneath the discharging-pipe, and the drip from said pipe falls into the drip-opening in the cover B, andfrom thence runs back into the storing-can;

When a small bottle is to be filled, the downwardly-turned end of the discharge-pipe may be inserted in the neck of the bottle, and thus prevent any overflow of the liquid as the latter is forced from the dischargepipe. This results fromthe fact that the liquid is prevented from clogging the neck of the bottle, and a free passage for the entrance of air is maintained around the dischargep1pe. v

The elongated bearing in the upper end of the piston-rod allows the lever to have lateral movement therein, whereby, when the can is filled, the short end of the lever is placed in the upper slot in the standard, and when a portion of the contents of the can has been ejected therefrom, the lever may be removed from its engagement with the upper slot or recess and placed within the next lower recess in the standard.

The elongated bearing also serves to allow the piston to freely work in a vertical line, which would be impossible were it pivoted in an ordinary manner to the end of the piston-rod.

It is evident that the vertical standard may be dispensed with, and suitable projections secured to the discharge-pipe for the engagement of the actuating-lever; also, instead of a check-valve of the construction illustrated in the-drawing, a spherical float-valve, of rub- .berv or other buoyant material, may be combined with the lower face of the piston by a suigable valve-cage, and effect the desired resu The piston-rod may be provided with a the piston may be raised and lowered in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.' The combination, with a can or other vessel, of a piston and suitable means for actuating the same, and a discharge -pipe, one end of which connects with the lower part of the can, and the upper end of which extends above and projects over the cover of the can, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a vessel for storin g liquids, and piston provided with an upwardly-closing check-valve, of means for actuating the piston and a discharge-pipe, the lower end of which connects with the lower portion of the storing-vessel, while the upper end extends above and projects over the cover of said vessel, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a vessel for storing liquids, provided with a discharge'pipe extending above and projecting over the top I of said vessel, of a piston and suitable means for actuating the same, and a removable cover, having a drip-opening formed therein, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a vessel for storing liquids, provided with a discharge-pipe extending above and projecting over the top of said vessel, and a piston constructed to snugly fit the interior of said vessel, of a removable cover, which latter is provided with a hinged portion, to enable the can to be filled without removing the entire cover, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the can and discharge-pipe, substantially asset forth, of the piston, piston-rod, standard, and laterally-adjustable actuating lever, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the can, provided with a discharge-pipe, substantially as set forth, of a piston, piston-rod,lever, and standard, the latter constructed with any desired number of recesses for the engagement of the short end of the actuating-lever, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the standard, recessed as set forth, of the pistonrod, provided with elongated transverse bearings, and the actuating-lever journaled in said bearings, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with a vessel provided with a discharge-pipe, one end of which con In testimony that I claim the foregoing I neots with the lower portion of said vessel, have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of while the upper end extends above the top of August, 1877.

said vessel and is inwardly and downwardly turned, of a piston and means for actuating STEPHEN HOWARD RHOADES' the same to force the liquid from the vessel Witnesses:

upwardly through said discharge pipe, sub- WM. M. CLAVE,

stantially as set forth. HENRY BODMER. 

